Changing governance and public policy in East Asia / edited by Ka Ho Mok and Ray Forrest.

"First published in 2009"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the search for good governance in Asia / Ka Ho Mok and Ray Forrest -- Interpreting East Asian social policy development : paradigm shifts or policy 'steadiness'? / Anthony B.L. Cheung -- Redefining development in China : towards a new policy paradigm for the new century? / Kinglun Ngok -- Empowering the public and the policy science of democracy from a post-modernist perspective / Weiqing Guo -- Japan's changing domestic governance and its impact on foreign policy / Ito Go -- Competition and control in public hospital reforms in Hong Kong and Singapore / M. Ramesh -- Pro-competition policy tools and state capacity : the corporatization of public universities in Hong Kong and Singapore and the implications for Asia / Ka Ho Mok -- Comparative welfare policy instruments in East Asia : embedding trust in policy / Yeun Wen Ku -- Regulatory reform and private sector development in China : a case study of downsizing administrative licenses / Bill Chou -- Accomodating business interests in China and Hong Kong : two systems, one way out / Ray Yep -- From developmental regimes to post-developmental regimes : business and pension reforms in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan / Young Jun Choi -- Private education policy at a crossroads : comparing Hong Kong and Singapore / Michael H. Lee -- Struggling among economic efficiency, social equality and social stability : housing monetarization reform in China / Yapeng Zhu -- Managing the chaotic city--social cohesion : new forms of urban governance and the challenge for East Asia / Ray Forrest -- The governance of urban renaissance in Tokyo : post-urbanization and enhanced competitiveness / Yosuke Hirayama -- Urbanization, low-income housing and urban governance in South Korea / Seong Kyu Ha.